Steering column for a motor vehicle

摘要

A motor vehicle steering column includes an inner jacket pipe that receives a steering spindle, which is received in a longitudinally adjustable manner in an outer jacket pipe held on a steering console and having a hollow cross-section. The steering column also includes a clamping device, by means of which the inner jacket pipe can be releasably secured in its adjusted longitudinal position relative to the outer jacket pipe. The outer jacket pipe has a recess at least over a longitudinal region, whereby its hollow cross-section can be altered by the clamping device.

主权项

1. A motor vehicle steering column, comprising:
a steering spindle; an inner jacket pipe that receives the steering spindle; an outer jacket pipe that receives the inner jacket pipe in a longitudinally adjustable manner in the outer jacket pipe, wherein the outer jacket pipe is held on a steering console and has a hollow cross-section; a clamping device configured to releasably secure the inner jacket pipe in an adjusted longitudinal position relative to the outer jacket pipe, wherein the outer jacket pipe has a recess, at least over a longitudinal region, which allows the hollow cross-section of the outer pipe to be altered by the clamping device; and a clamping plate arranged between a clamping element of the clamping device and the outer jacket pipe, wherein the clamping plate is coupled for movement with the inner jacket pipe via a driver connection that pushes through the outer jacket pipe.